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Highland Park Skater Jason Brown Going To Sochi Olympics

Jason Brown performs during the Smucker’s Skating Spectacular following the Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships at TD Garden on January 12, 2014 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)

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(CBS) — A young figure skater from Highland Park is going to the Sochi Olympics next month.

WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger reports, after finishing first in the free skate, and third in the short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships over the weekend, 19-year-old Jason Brown was named to the U.S. Olympic skating team for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

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